K3 Dice Game Explained: Chances for Common Bets
K3 is commonly described as a roll of three dice, with bets on the total, on big or small, on odd or even, or on matching dice. Below is the chance of each result, and the payout a bet would need for the game to keep nothing.
How K3 is commonly described
At the time of writing (8 October 2026), the platform’s page lists K3 in its Lottery group, and its winning feed shows entries named like “K3 1 min”. The rules sit behind an account, so we have not read them. What follows is how dice games of this kind are commonly described, and where your app differs, your app is right.
Three dice are rolled. The bets usually offered are:
- A total: you name the sum of the three dice, from 3 to 18.
- Big or small: totals of 11 to 18 are big, and totals of 3 to 10 are small.
- Odd or even: whether the total is odd or even.
- Matching dice: all three alike (a triple), exactly two alike, or all three different.
The chance of every total
Each die has six faces, so three dice can land 6 × 6 × 6 = 216 ways. If the dice are fair, each way is equally likely, so the chance of a total is the number of ways to make it divided by 216. Totals come in mirror pairs: a 3 needs three ones and an 18 needs three sixes, so they are equally rare. Each row below covers two totals that share a chance.
The last column is the fair payout: 1 divided by the chance, which is the same as 216 divided by the ways. It is what a bet on that total would pay, with your stake counted inside it, if the game kept nothing.
| Total | Ways out of 216 | Chance of each | Fair payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 or 18 | 1 | 0.46% | 216.00× |
| 4 or 17 | 3 | 1.39% | 72.00× |
| 5 or 16 | 6 | 2.78% | 36.00× |
| 6 or 15 | 10 | 4.63% | 21.60× |
| 7 or 14 | 15 | 6.94% | 14.40× |
| 8 or 13 | 21 | 9.72% | 10.29× |
| 9 or 12 | 25 | 11.57% | 8.64× |
| 10 or 11 | 27 | 12.50% | 8.00× |
The other bets
| Bet | Ways out of 216 | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Big or small, odd or even | 108 each | 50.0% each |
| Any triple (three alike) | 6 | 2.78% |
| One named triple, such as three fives | 1 | 0.46% |
| Exactly two alike | 90 | 41.7% |
| All three different | 120 | 55.6% |
A named triple has one way, like a total of 3 or 18, so its fair payout is 216.00×. Any triple has six ways, like a total of 5 or 16, so 36.00×.
Comparing a payout with the fair payout
Your app’s payout for a bet, set beside its fair payout, shows how much the game keeps.
- Find your bet in the tables and note its chance.
- Divide 1 by the chance to get the fair payout.
- Find the payout your app shows for that bet, and check whether it counts your stake. A profit-only figure becomes a total when you add one stake.
- Multiply the chance by the payout, then take the answer away from 1. That is the house edge on the bet. A payout equal to the fair one leaves the game nothing, so a fee or a rule would have to do the work. A lower payout means the game keeps the gap on average.
A made-up example: a total of 10 has a 12.50% chance, so its fair payout is 8.00×. Suppose an app showed 7× for it. Then 0.125 × 7 = 0.875, and 1 − 0.875 = 0.125, so the game would keep 12.50% (calculator: win 12.5% at 7×, no fee). The 7× is made up to show the sum. It says nothing about what this platform pays.
A made-up rule: when a triple makes Big and Small both lose
Suppose, only as an example, that a rule says a triple makes both Big and Small lose. Three triples (all ones, all twos, all threes) total 3, 6 and 9, which are small. The other three (all fours, fives and sixes) total 12, 15 and 18, which are big. Take them out and each side wins 108 − 3 = 105 of the 216 rolls, which is 48.6%.
At a 2× payout the average return is 2 × 105 ÷ 216 = 0.972 for each 1 staked, so the game keeps 1 − 0.972 = 2.8%, about ₹3 of every ₹100 (calculator: win 48.6% at 2×, no fee, house edge 2.78%). In an hour of 60 rounds at ₹100 that is ₹6,000 staked and about ₹167 lost on average.
Without the rule, Big wins 108 of 216 rolls, which is 50.0%, and a 2× payout would be exactly fair, leaving the game nothing. So where a two-way bet at 2× carries an edge, a rule like this one, a fee or a lower payout is doing the work. The Big or Small page adds a fee to this same case and shows how the edge grows as the win chance falls.
What to check, and what this page cannot tell you
On your rules screen, look for what happens to Big and Small when a triple lands, whether payouts include your stake, any fee, and the round length.
These tables assume three fair dice. We cannot see how the platform produces its results, and we do not know its payouts or rules. With your app’s numbers, the expected-loss calculator shows what a session costs. A second game with counted chances is 5D, and the games guide covers the rest of the lobby.
Common questions
How many different rolls can three dice make?
216, because each die has six faces and 6 × 6 × 6 = 216. If the dice are fair, every roll is equally likely, which is why the K3 chances on this page are counts out of 216.
Which K3 total comes up most often?
Totals of 10 and 11, with 27 of the 216 rolls each, so 12.50% apiece. Totals of 3 and 18 are the rarest at 1 roll in 216 (0.46%), which is why a break-even payout for either is as large as 216×.
What is the chance that all three dice match?
Any triple has 6 of the 216 rolls, or 2.78%. One named triple, such as three fives, has 1 of 216, or 0.46%. Exactly two alike is 90 of 216 (41.7%), and all three different is 120 of 216 (55.6%).
Why would a triple make both Big and Small lose?
A rule like this is one way a two-way bet at double the stake can keep an edge. If a triple makes both lose, each side wins 105 of 216 rolls (48.6%). We do not know whether this platform has such a rule, so read your rules screen.